covid variant

A new COVID variant, marking a fusion between two recent strains that is even more contagious than its predecessors, is beginning to take hold in the U.S., but what exactly is it, how serious is it and what are the symptoms?

Scientists worry that a contagious coronavirus variant may soon push cases up in the United States just as it has in Europe and Asia

Some of the compounds in cannabis may prevent the entry of the coronavirus into healthy human cells, according to a study published in the Journal of Nature Products.

Officials expect a mass booster shot site at Fenway to be up and running in a couple of weeks as the city seeks to counter the spread of the omicron variant.

Dr. Paul Sax, a professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, joined NBC10 Boston Wednesday to talk concerns about the omicron COVID variant.

Health officials announced the identification of three cases of the new, highly transmissible omicron COVID-19 variant in Boston on Wednesday, the first confirmed cases in the city. All of the cases were in young adults over the age of 18, none of whom were fully vaccinated. All of them experienced mild symptoms and none required hospitalization, the Boston Public Health…

Top Boston doctors talk pandemic strategy as cases surge in Massachusetts, including whether a mask mandate is warranted, and share what they’ve learned about the omicron variant on NBC10 Boston’s weekly “COVID Q&A” series.

Gov. Dan McKee made the announcement Saturday.

The variant was detected in a fully vaccinated woman in her 20s who lives in Middlesex County and had recently traveled out of state. She has experienced only mild symptoms and hasn’t needed to go to the hospital, state health officials said.

Massachusetts announced its first case Saturday afternoon, with Connecticut making its announcement later Saturday night. Both cases were in fully vaccinated people and involved travel out of state.

The person is a woman in her 20s from Middlesex County who had traveled out of Massachusetts. She is fully vaccinated, had a mild case of COVID-19 and didn’t need to be hospitalized, officials said.

The person is a woman in her 20s from Middlesex County who had traveled out of Massachusetts. She is fully vaccinated, had a mild case of COVID-19 and didn’t need to be hospitalized, officials said.

The arrival of the omicron variant of the coronavirus has health officials in some U.S. communities reviving contact tracing operations in an attempt to slow and understand its spread.

Travelers around the world are taking note of a new US travel restriction which applies to South Africa and seven other countries.

As a new COVID-19 variant emerges prompting the United States to issue a travel ban on South Africa and seven other countries, international travelers at Boston Logan are growing worried. The World Health Organization has named the variant “omicron” and classified it as a highly transmissible virus of concern. There are no reported cases in the United States just yet,…

As a new COVID-19 variant emerges prompting the United States to issue a travel ban on South Africa and seven other countries, international travelers at Boston Logan are growing worried.

A new variant, named B.1.1.529, was named a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization and given the name “omicron” from the letter in the Greek alphabet.

Dr. Simone Wildes, an infectious disease specialist at South Shore Hospital, joined us to discuss Omicron — the new variant of concern first detected in South Africa.

South African scientists identified a new version of the coronavirus that they say is behind a recent spike in COVID-19 infections in Gauteng, the country’s most populous province.

A new variant of interest identified by the World Health Organization is showing signs of being able to evade immunity from both vaccines and previous COVID-19 infections.